LYC^ENA ARGIOLUS. 



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dark brown marks, while the thorax bears oblique 

 rows of small brown spots. Tiny brown spots are 

 also to be found on the wing-cases, which are outlined 

 in brown. 



All the wings of the imago (Figs. 229 to 231) are entire, 

 and the costal and hind margins are convex. The fringe 

 is white, with black marks at the ends of the nervures in 



Male. 



Female. 



LYCLENA ARGIOLUS. 



the female (Fig. 231), and of those of the fore-wings in 

 the male (Fig. 230). The upper surface of the male is 

 pale sky-blue, somewhat resembling L. bellargus, but not 

 at all approaching it in intensity of colouring. There is 

 a black line between the blue and the fringe, which line 

 increases in width on the fore-wings towards the tip. 

 The female, whose ground-colour is similar to that of the 



